Re: Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg73032] Re: [mg73013] Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:48:16 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Works fine with version 5.2 on Mac OS 10.4.8 Might be a version-specific problem. Bob Hanlon ---- battlecry3289 at yahoo.com wrote: > Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape with > ParametricPlot3D > > I have been successful in creating desired shapes with > ParametricPlot3D and then using TranslateShape and RotateShape on > them. Next time I start Mathematica TranslateShape and RotateShape do > not recognize the ParametricPlot3D as a graphics object and error > out. Sometimes it works again. For instance this sample code from > the Wolfram website errors out: > > Needs["Graphics`ParametricPlot3D`"] > Needs["Graphics`Shapes`"] > > Show[TranslateShape[SphericalPlot3D[2, {theta, 0, Pi}, {phi, 0, 2Pi}, > \ > DisplayFunction -> Identity], {1, 2, -2}], DisplayFunction -> \ > $DisplayFunction]; > > TranslateShape is not a type of graphics. > > This is so frustrating. Can anybody give me any hints where to start > troubleshooting this? > > Thanks >